Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Three people walked into Ruozhi Park, stepping on the cobblestone-laden path, passing through green woods, and arriving at the edge of a pond.

In the pond, there were green duckweeds and some verdant lotus leaves, sporadically dotted with budding lotus blossoms. It did not emanate freshness; instead, there was a sense of clutter.

It seemed that it had been a long time since anyone had taken care of it.

In the center of the lotus pond, however, was a rather steep artificial mountain, over ten meters high, covered with moss and wild grass, yet it appeared revitalized.

Atop the artificial mountain, a young man sat cross-legged.

Compared to ordinary people, his attire was somewhat peculiar: a tight, yellow suit, with a red cape on his back, and a large yellow "S" on his chest.

His face was squarish, with a tuft of curly bangs on his forehead.

Yep, a definitive knockoff Superman.

"Seems like someone with a case of 'chuunibyou'."

Jos's comment caused the man to open his eyes, "This is not 'chuunibyou', it's cosplay!"

Zhang Manman, hand on hip, sneered, "This hero costume is too cliché, isn't it? There are plenty of excellent hero suits nowadays, why wear something so dated?"

The man slowly got up, and the air around him seemed to freeze, turning from a flowing gaseous state into a solid one, as if a great mountain were pressing down on Su Jie and his companions.

His presence was as imposing as a mountain, stable, and heavy.

"This is retro."

The man patted his clothes, seemingly deeply immersed in his role, "Moreover, we don't know each other, so there's no need to be so familiar with me... So, first, allow me to introduce myself—"

"My name is Wang Chen, and I'm determined to become a superhero."

Zhang Manman: "..."

Jos: "..."

However, Su Jie was curious, "Why do you want to become a superhero? Our culture here doesn't exalt individual heroism, right?"

Wang Chen placed his hands on his hips, leaving himself wide open, "The reason is simple, because I like it, and—"

At this point, Wang Chen's eyes turned cold, "I certainly don't want to be just another face in the crowd, to be admired by thousands. It is much more enjoyable than looking up to others."

"Only by standing at great heights can one be a hero."

Su Jie's eyes drooped slightly.

"Although I'm not particularly fond of individual heroism, I'm not against it... But your thinking is clearly problematic, turning heroism into a way to achieve your own desires."

"That's not what a hero is about."

Wang Chen dropped his arms from his waist, looking slightly upset, "So, are you lecturing me, negating my ideas?"

"Your personality isn't quite normal." Su Jie said coldly, "This shouldn't be your real appearance, right? Or perhaps, you're not even a student of Ming Lun."

"How am I not?" Wang Chen's gloomy face suddenly revealed a smile that could make a child cry in the night, his rows of white teeth even gleaming in the light.

"Firstly, even if the students of Ming Lun Academy can be 'chuunibyou', they wouldn't be like you, openly showing their faces and spouting such 'chuunibyou' lines." Su Jie explained, "Those who get into Ming Lun are the elites among elites, cheerful in personality, but definitely not as... unrestrained as you."

"Secondly, you exude a sense of madness."

"It may sound abstract, but to the inner court students of Ming Lun, your traits are like a candle lit in the darkness of the night. While illuminating yourself, it also emits an unpleasant odor."

"It's quite obvious."

"The last point is that students of Ming Lun, especially those from the inner court, have a mark from entering the Taixu Illusory Realm, with a slight sensory connection between them. You don't have that."

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Wang Chen chuckled lightly, "Maybe I am from the outer academy."

Su Jie's expression became serious, "The outer academy doesn't have students with a life force of 10. Once life force exceeds 3, they are basically in the inner academy and all have the Ming Lun mark."

"Heh, then I won't hide it any longer." Wang Chen sneered coldly, ripping open his clothes to reveal skin like that of a lizard, ferocious and terrifying.

"Lizard man!" Jos exclaimed.

"Speaking of which, my Mental Realm is merely in the third phase of deep sleep, but after the modification, the limit of my life force has reached 10, which is truly fascinating." Wang Chen caressed his chest, licking his own face with a forked tongue like a pervert, particularly when the blue tongue slid over his eyeball, leaving behind a trace of saliva, nauseating and chilling at the same time.

"Such bio-modification has likely violated Ming Lun's regulations, even crossing the line of legality and morality," Su Jie said gravely.

Bio-modification.

This is a project strictly prohibited by Ming Lun.

Even if the state wished to conduct research, Ming Lun personnel had to be present. Otherwise, creating some uncontrollable creature would be harmful and wasteful.

Moreover, looking at Wang Chen's appearance, it was clear the research had been conducted in secret, likely with connections to foreign powers.

Wang Chen snorted, "So what? Just because we share the same surname, why should he become the vice principal while I can only be one of the masses?"

"I've already completed my evolution and will definitely surpass Wang Chao!"

"Furthermore, I will do better, leading humanity towards evolution to become a hero! To become a leader!"

Jos looked on in disbelief, cursing, "You're absolutely insane, aspiring to be a lizard doctor, utterly irrational."

He never expected to find such madness in the East.

Zhang Manman added with a sneer, "This guy is much more inferior to Dr. Connors, at least Spider-Man's Lizard doctor initially just wanted to cure his own severed arm and didn't wish to harm others. But this guy is doing it all for his own desires, even aspiring to be a king."

A Qingping Sword appeared in Su Jie's hand as he slowly said, "His thinking has twisted, clearly, transforming himself into a lizard has had some peculiar impact on his will."

"Say what you will." Wang Chen, the lizard man, chuckled coldly, glancing at the faintly glowing Chen Tian Yuzi overhead and then focusing on Su Jie and the others, "My target isn't you but that girl in the sky. She has some peculiar energy that attracts me, must be some sort of treasure... And I revealed myself to lure her down, but it seems I've attracted her teammates instead."

Wang Chen was not a Ming Lun Academy student, so he didn't know of Su Jie's reputation. CheckforthelatestupdatesonMyVirtualLibraryEmpire(M-VL-EMP-YR).

Hence, he slightly underestimated them.

After all, his life force was 10, whereas the strongest among these three was only 7.

Even if they possessed various treasures, what could they do to him?

Whoosh!

In an instant, the lizard man sprang into action, leaping toward Su Jie like a wild beast, his claws aiming for Su Jie's throat at breakneck speed.

Catch the king first when catching thieves.

At any moment, taking down the strongest one is the right choice.

The lizard man had precisely this idea.

Five crescent-shaped blades of qi burst from his claws, slicing through the air, almost cutting through Su Jie's throat but narrowly dodged as he shifted back just in time.

After stepping back a foot, Su Jie's Qingping Sword swung upward fiercely!

Splat!

A streak of green light flashed by, and a lizard arm fell to the ground, twitching incessantly...

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